GCSE · Data representation

Two-way tablesExam-style questions

Why every person in a two-way table is counted exactly once, so the rows, the columns and the grand total all have to agree — and why completing a table is never guesswork: you find the row or column with a single gap and work outwards.

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The two-way table shows how some students travel to school.
Walk Bus Total
Boys $12$ $8$ $20$
Girls $9$ $\;$ $22$
Total $21$ $\;$ $42$
How many girls take the bus?
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The two-way table shows how some students travel to school.
Walk Bus Total
Boys $12$ $8$ $20$
Girls $9$ $13$ $22$
Total $21$ $21$ $42$
One of these students is picked at random. Write down the probability that the student walks to school.
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	Walk	Bus	Total
Boys	$12$	$8$	$20$
Girls	$9$	$\;$	$22$
Total	$21$	$\;$	$42$

	Walk	Bus	Total
Boys	$12$	$8$	$20$
Girls	$9$	$13$	$22$
Total	$21$	$21$	$42$